Easel attachment for lace-curtain stretcher-frames



(No Model.)

A. P. BOHLINGER.

EASEL ATTACHMENT FOR LACE CURTAIN STRETGHER FRAMES.

Patented Sept. 19, 1893.

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EASEL ATTACHMENT FOR LACE- CURTAIN STRETCH ER-FRAM ES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 505,306, datedSeptember 19, 1893.

Application filed May 12, 1893.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALFRED P. BOHLINGER, a citizen of the United States,residing at the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Easel Attachments forLace-Curtain Stretcher-Frames, of which the following is a full, clear,and exact description, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings,forming a part of this specification.

My invention relates to means forsupporting lace curtain stretcherframes, and the like, in an inclined position convenient for using theframe in securing thereto a curtain or in removing the same.

The object of my invention is the production, in a simple and cheaplyconstructed de' vice, of an easily applied easel leg or back; oneadapted to be used with any pre-existing frame; one that isself-adjusting with reference to the inclination at which it supportsthe frame to which it is attached; and one that, in the manufacturedarticle, as an article of merchandise, shall be adapted to beconveniently packed for shipment.

It consists, essentially, in an easel leg removably secured to the framewhich is to be supported, and in the details of improvement, hereinafterdescribed, in the means employed for securing the easel leg to thesupported frame, and for effecting the self-adj usting feature of theangle of inclination at which the frame is supported thereby.

In the accompanying drawings, in which like letters of reference denotelike parts where they occur,-Figure 1 is a perspective view of one endof a lace curtain stretcher frame with an easel leg attached thereto,illustrating the manner of application. Fig. 2 is a perspective view ofone end of the easel leg and, secured thereto, the device for attachingthe same to the frame. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the screw-plateby which the easel leg is pivotally secured to the frame 5 and Fig. 4 isa longitudinal section of the screw-plate, taken diametrically acrossits foot flange.

A represents the side bars of an adjustable frame on which to stretch acurtain for drying the same, by securing the curtain on the pins a nearthe inside edges of the frame pieces.

Serial No. 473,961. (No model.)

a represent the bolts, with the thumb nuts, for adjustably securingthebars A together at the corners of the frame.

B represents a screw-plate, provided witlia screw-end b, and formed witha foot flange B. See Figs. 3 and 4.

0 represents an easel leg, which at one end is centrally slotted out orbifurcated, as at c, for the reception of the flat plate portion of thescrew-plate B, which is secured therein by a pivot bolt D (preferably inthe form of a split spring cotter pin, as shown), forming a hinge jointtherebetween. The end of the leg 0 is beveled off, as at c to allow theleg, when the same is secured to the frame A, to

assume a relatively inclined position as shown in Fig. 1. See Fig.2. Thescrew plate B is formed with a perforation b in the flat end portion forthe reception of the pivot bolt or pin D. The foot flange B is formedwith notches 1), preferably two, as shown in Fig. 4, to accommodate apin or screw (not shown) to prevent the plate from turning when it hasonce been screwed into the frame A. The

screwplate B, as a whole, is preferably a casting, cast with a woodscrew 11 therein as shown. See Fig. 4. There are preferably two easellegs 0, such as shown, secured to the frame A in the manner shown inFig. 1-one at each end of the frame-thereby making a strong and reliablesupport for the frame A, which, when used in this manner, rests itselfon the floor. Originally there are places marked on the end pieces ofthe frame A for the insertion of the screw-plates B to give the framethe desired inclination, this, of course, being decided by the relativedistance from such point to the floor-end of that side bar and thelength of the easel leg 0 and the angle between the frame and the leg,which is decided by the angle of the bevel c, which is designed to havea flat bearing against the side of the frame bar A.

The prime feature of advantage in the use of my improved device is that,in packing the easel legs 0 for shipment, the cotter pins D can readilybe removed and the screwplates B be detached from the legs and packedseparately, a feature of no little importance.

The device, as awhole, as an attachment to a frame, such as described,is easily secured to the frame, and when it is desired to use the framein any other position other than as an easel, or for any other reason,it is desired to remove the easel legs from the frame, it is readilyaccomplished by the withdrawal of the cotterpins D, without removing thescrewplates B from the bar of the frame A.

Having thus described my invention and its method of application, what Iclaim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isv

1. An easel support for lace curtain stretcher frames and the like,consisting in the combination with the frame, of an easel leg and ahinge device adapted to be rigidly secured to the frame and pivotallyconnected to the leg, substantially as and for the purposes speci fied.

2. An easel support for curtain stretcher frames and the like,consisting, in the combination with the frame, of an easel leg, and ahinge device, adapted to be screwed to the frame, formed with a flatplate portion, and means for pivotally securing the leg to the plate,substantially as and for the purposes specified.

3. An easel support for curtain stretcher frames and the like,consisting in the combination with the frame, of an easel leg, a hingeplate adapted to be screwed to the frame, and

formed with a flange portion adapted to bear against the frame, and apivot bolt to pivotally secure the leg and plate together, the leg beingslotted for the reception of the plate, and the leg and plate beingperforated for the accommodation of the pivot bolt, substantially as andfor the purposes specified.

4:. The combination wit-l1 a frame for stretching lace curtains, and thelike, and an easel leg with a beveled end for supporting the frame in aninclined position, of the hereindescribed means for pivotally andremovably securing the leg to the frame, consisting in a hinge platehaving a wood screw cast therein,

for secu ring the plate to the frame, and being formed with a laterallyextending flange, circumferentially disposed notches in the flange, aperforation in the plate, a slot in the leg, and a split cotter pin, allcombined and coacting substantiallyin the mannerand for the purposesspecified.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature, in presence of twoWitnesses, this 6th day of May, 1893.

ALFRED P. BOHLINGER.

lVitnesses: 1

A. RAMEL, HUGH K. WAGNER.

